Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [prep] last " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turnover for the six months to the end of March almost doubled to £101m and the interim loss fell from last year 's £6.2m to £5.6m ( tour operators traditionally make a loss during the winter months when few people book holidays ) . |
| 2 | Ian Brown , secretary of Edinburgh 's Princes Street Traders Association , reported that sales were better this January compared with last year . |
| 3 | This dream had at last come true , for Lennie anyway , perhaps not in the way he had expected though . |
| 4 | But the news , later in the day , that the first of at least 10 chartered trains had at last crossed the border into Czechoslovakia revived the East Germans ' spirit of solidarity in the face of inconvenience and discomfort . |
| 5 | ‘ It belonged to your father , ’ the old man said at last . |
| 6 | Vologsky 's turbulent emotions broke at last . |
| 7 | Her neighbour , after helping himself well to leg of mutton as the vast dish had at last come round to him , said ( confirming her ) , ‘ Our guest of honour is a real femme du monde . ’ |
| 8 | I spun into the spotlight with arms raised , smile flashing , galloped down the stairs , trying not to look down , across the stage , bowing like a courting duck to the boxed panel en route , along the promontory jutting out into the midst of the wildly cheering audience and , as the extravagant applause began at last to subside , heard myself say : |
| 9 | The Palace had been unable to fill the outside-left berth adequately after George Clarke 's long reign had come to an end , but there was no doubt in any supporter 's minds that a worthy successor had at last been found when Bob Bigg made his Palace debut . |
| 10 | And indeed the little creature merely sighed before lying motionless , the fateful twitching stilled at last . |
| 11 | Franco 's propagandists spared no efforts to demonstrate that the international community had at last recognized the rightness of his principles , or to extol what they called the enormous political skill of the man who had foreseen the Cold War years before it became reality . |
| 12 | Sergeant Charles Trumper was discharged from active service on 20 February 1919 , one of the early ones : the missing toe had at last counted for something . |
| 13 | The luxury tramcar had at last arrived ! |
| 14 | To Robyn it seemed that critical theory had at last moved to its rightful place , centre-stage , in the theatre of history , and she was ready to play her part in the drama . |
| 15 | ‘ And you , ’ he said softly , as she turned when the far door opened at last . |
| 16 | A uniform system had at last been achieved . |
| 17 | More than one of the void screens had at last been overloaded . |
| 18 | That improvement came despite last year 's drought and reflects our better feeding regime using the complete diet feeder . |
| 19 | THE European Investment Bank is set to approve its first loans under a package to boost economic growth agreed at last December 's European Community summit , monetary sources said in Brussels yesterday . |
| 20 | By the accession of Philip VI of Valois , therefore , the old Angevin and Lusignan fiefs had at last been absorbed by the French crown . |
| 21 | For once in his life , Leopold must have been truly happy : his hopes and prayers for his beloved son seemed at last to have come to fruition . |
| 22 | In addition to this major report on the Christian family , which is the Board 's contribution to the twin track work with the panel on doctrine , the Board also offers an interim report on young people in the media , and its final report presaged at last year 's general assembly on ritual abuse . |
| 23 | Plans requiring more efficient electric lights and tax benefits for generators of wind , solar , and geothermal energy survived until last week , when the White House finally rejected them . |
| 24 | INDIAN police surrounded a housing estate in a Bombay suburb yesterday to flush out two gunmen wanted for last Friday 's series of bombings in the city in which at least 250 people died . |